Wed May 18, 2022 9:52 pm
#1911926
I like to fly between 3 and 5 thousand feet when airspace and cloud allow as there seems to be less traffic around.
Let us discount any fuel savings from leaning at altitude for the purposes of this question.
I presume I use more fuel getting to my cruising altitude, but then I use less in the descent.
Do I burn more, the same, or less fuel than if I had stuck doggedly to 2000ft as most people seem to do?
I suspect it is more, but I don't really know.
Please show your workings. You may be marked (not really).
Let us discount any fuel savings from leaning at altitude for the purposes of this question.
I presume I use more fuel getting to my cruising altitude, but then I use less in the descent.
Do I burn more, the same, or less fuel than if I had stuck doggedly to 2000ft as most people seem to do?
I suspect it is more, but I don't really know.
Please show your workings. You may be marked (not really).